OPINION
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Judith Davidoff
Put preservation in context
Opinion | The Wonder Bar’s history and its unexceptional architecture don’t seem to justify standing in the way of a large housing development. Read more
Who are the criminals here?
Opinion | The display could only be explained as deep moral rot — white men on horses living out a nostalgia where they are masters and cruelty is the point. Read more
Sep 22, 2021
50,000 and counting
Opinion | The 14 ATC towers through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge — an important stop on bird migration routes, especially for ducks — would be 20 stories tall and would require clearing a wide path. Read more
Sep 16, 2021
Lorie Shaull, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Vigilante (in)justice
Opinion | Even before Texas' strict abortion went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, it was working as intended: Texas clinics were turning away women seeking an abortion. Read more
Sep 9, 2021
Judith Davidoff
South Madison deserves all-inclusive planning
Opinion | The city should work with the community to create a special area plan to guide development in the wedge as well as consider the impacts of the county’s plans on surrounding neighborhoods. Read more
Sep 8, 2021
Tommy Washbush
Gimme shelter
In a city where housing is scarce, and people are burdened by high rents, conversations should primarily be focused on supply, demand and affordability, not aesthetics. Preservation distracts. Read more
Sep 6, 2021
University of Wisconsin Athletics
The end of the ‘student-athlete’
Opinion | The ability for a player to profit from his name and image, and the easy transfer between programs, are likely to result in a sea change in how college football’s business model operates. Read more
Sep 3, 2021
Well, Tommy?
Opinion | Eight Big Ten schools are doing the right thing by their students and staff by mandating vaccinations: Minnesota, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State. Read more
Aug 26, 2021
7:00 AM
Welcome Afghan refugees with love and support
Opinion | We have an opportunity now in Wisconsin to be true to what is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Read more
Aug 23, 2021
1:30 PM
Fair maps aren't enough
Opinion | If the inevitable redistricting battle ends up in a federal court, the Democrats have some chance of getting fair maps. If it gets decided in the state Supreme Court, it comes down to Justice Brian Hagedorn. Read more
Aug 19, 2021
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Alex Saloutos
Why we nominated the Wonder Bar for landmark status
Opinion | The Wonder Bar wasn’t nominated for landmark status to glorify Chicago mobsters; but the Prohibition Era is an important part of our history. Read more
Aug 19, 2021
6:00 AM
Judith Davidoff
Madison’s historic preservation movement has gone off track
Opinion | Too often, I think, the historic preservation movement allows itself to be captured by people who just don’t like tall and big buildings in any form. But it’s more than that. Read more
Aug 13, 2021
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Judith Davidoff
COVID-19 is back, because it never left
Opinion | Most of us who got the shot fell into a pre-pandemic normality that, for the most part, led us to where we are now. Read more
Aug 9, 2021
1:00 PM
